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Jan. 11, 2013
Simulating the Red Planet, On the Pale Blue Dot
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What's it like to live--and cook--on Mars? To find out, researchers are simulating Mars missions in Russia, and on the slopes of a Hawaiian volcano. Kim Binsted talks about her study to whip up tastier space food. Porcini mushroom risotto, anyone? And sleep expert Charles Czeisler talks about how humans adapt to the 24.65-hour Martian day.
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Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Kim Binsted
Co-investigator, HI-SEAS project (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation)
Associate Professor
University of Hawaii, Manoa
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Charles Czeisler
Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine
Director, Division of Sleep Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
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